Thrak Posted April 20, 2022 #751 Share Posted April 20, 2022 2 minutes ago, bmc alabama said: Nice! Do you get the full inside passage up the Eastern side of Vancouver Island as well? I think that's the other drawback of going out of Seattle... No. Originally the cruise was booked on Sapphire Princess but they changed it to Royal which is too big (and lacks azipod propulsion that allows tighter turns) to do the actual inside passage. The cruise was booked as an Inside Passage but, sadly, it won't actually be "inside". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
memoak Posted April 20, 2022 #752 Share Posted April 20, 2022 1 hour ago, travelhound said: I am not sure that I do want to keep my reservation for an Alaskan cruise if the PIA factor is too high. But there is some hope: https://www.alaskapublic.org/2022/02/18/bill-from-alaskas-congressional-delegation-would-allow-cruises-to-bypass-canada-ports-again/#:~:text=In 2020%2C Canada stopped allowing,a statement announcing the bill. However where would the 7 day cruises sail from ? Seattle does not have the capacity that Vancouver does Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capriccio Posted April 20, 2022 #753 Share Posted April 20, 2022 1 hour ago, memoak said: You must have an inferior itinerary. I have often had full days in Victoria and will have another on a coastal in 29 days We loved our full day in Victoria on a coastal in 2012. We could have spent even more time there. Six years later we took the entire family (daughter, SIL, son, DIL and 3 year old grandchild) on an Alaska cruise out of Seattle so they only had the evening for an excursion. Knowing that all of them are interested in gardening, we suggested Butchart Gardens for the adults and we would stay on board and babysit the grandchild. Four years later they still talk about how lovely it was and the magic of the illuminations as it got dark. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike & Zen Posted April 20, 2022 #754 Share Posted April 20, 2022 2 hours ago, victoriaj said: Actually doing B2B 7 days Vancouver-Vancouver so believe we have to do ArriveCan? Yes, you are correct. We'll be doing a couple of those out of Vancouver, Royal Princess, in July and August. Country of original departure - Canada Date of embarkation....ArriveCAN will allow you to enter date approx 4 days before embarkation (about a day more than by air or land) Port of entry - Vancouver Cruise Ship Operations Date of arrival... ArriveCAN gives you a 30 day calendar for Entry by marine so well within your 14 day back to back. Which ship? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaymuxman Posted April 20, 2022 #755 Share Posted April 20, 2022 Would someone that has/is currently sailing on the Regal Princess (Mediterranean) cruise, and left from the US be so kind as to tell me what paperwork you had to fill out before boarding the plane for ITALY? Thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VibeGuy Posted April 20, 2022 #756 Share Posted April 20, 2022 2 hours ago, Thrak said: No. Originally the cruise was booked on Sapphire Princess but they changed it to Royal which is too big (and lacks azipod propulsion that allows tighter turns) to do the actual inside passage. The cruise was booked as an Inside Passage but, sadly, it won't actually be "inside". None of the Princess fleet is podded (thankfully - pods disrupt more cruise itineraries than Norovirus). The issues is that Royal handles like a barge due to high wind loading and a comparatively flat bottom, and there are tide / current / vertical clearance challenges - note the arrival time in Vancouver on the 14th. Seymour Narrows, Lions Gate and some power lines all make Royal a comparatively poor fit for Vancouver sailings, but pods it ain’t. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike & Zen Posted April 20, 2022 #757 Share Posted April 20, 2022 3 hours ago, travelhound said: I am not sure that I do want to keep my reservation for an Alaskan cruise if the PIA factor is too high. But there is some hope: https://www.alaskapublic.org/2022/02/18/bill-from-alaskas-congressional-delegation-would-allow-cruises-to-bypass-canada-ports-again/#:~:text=In 2020%2C Canada stopped allowing,a statement announcing the bill. Which cruise ship are you booked in for Alaska/BC? If its out of Seattle, you have the answers already. Using the easy ArriveCAN app takes a few minutes of your time to get an account, upload passport and proof of vaccination, and fill in the other data when your cruise date is near. That's it! Kind of like when Hawaii had their app to fill in, maybe not, I heard of issues. I see your from Minnesota. Hockey! If you are having any issues with ArriveCAN, we are all here to help each other...and try to bring down your PIA factor and soften you up, maybe a bit, eh?😊 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victoriaj Posted April 20, 2022 #758 Share Posted April 20, 2022 1 hour ago, Mike & Zen said: Yes, you are correct. We'll be doing a couple of those out of Vancouver, Royal Princess, in July and August. Country of original departure - Canada Date of embarkation....ArriveCAN will allow you to enter date approx 4 days before embarkation (about a day more than by air or land) Port of entry - Vancouver Cruise Ship Operations Date of arrival... ArriveCAN gives you a 30 day calendar for Entry by marine so well within your 14 day back to back. Which ship? Thank you so much for all your assistance. We have been many times to Alaska but never under these conditions with paperwork that I guess I'm getting too old to feel confident I'm reading things correctly, particularly when the logic escapes me. We were originally on the Saphirre then they switched us to Royal when Saphirre cancelled, really not a fan of the Royal and particularly not for Alaska so I moved our booking to the Grand which we have sailed on many times before. Just looking forward to being able to cruise again, even if we don't venture further than our balcony !!!! Thanks again and enjoy your upcoming cruises. We are also on the Grand in Aug B2B Vancouver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
memoak Posted April 20, 2022 #759 Share Posted April 20, 2022 38 minutes ago, Mike & Zen said: Which cruise ship are you booked in for Alaska/BC? If its out of Seattle, you have the answers already. Using the easy ArriveCAN app takes a few minutes of your time to get an account, upload passport and proof of vaccination, and fill in the other data when your cruise date is near. That's it! Kind of like when Hawaii had their app to fill in, maybe not, I heard of issues. I see your from Minnesota. Hockey! If you are having any issues with ArriveCAN, we are all here to help each other...and try to bring down your PIA factor and soften you up, maybe a bit, eh?😊 Just set up the ArriveCAN and it was much easier than setting up the medallion app. Way easier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coo359a2 Posted April 20, 2022 #760 Share Posted April 20, 2022 11 minutes ago, memoak said: Just set up the ArriveCAN and it was much easier than setting up the medallion app. Way easier Did you have to upload a photo of your passport. All I saw was to put in the passport number Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike & Zen Posted April 20, 2022 #761 Share Posted April 20, 2022 5 minutes ago, memoak said: Just set up the ArriveCAN and it was much easier than setting up the medallion app. Way easier Agree, way easier than Med app. I've had a ticket in to fix an unusual problem, and many phone calls to escalate, too. The Med app linked two separate ships together: Crown and Discovery. The two cruises are one day apart! Tried deleting the app, and load the two cruises again. NO joy! Plenty of food onboard, so not to worry. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike & Zen Posted April 20, 2022 #762 Share Posted April 20, 2022 Just now, coo359a2 said: Did you have to upload a photo of your passport. All I saw was to put in the passport number You must be using the online version and not the app? In the app, ArriveCAN can scan docs but if using online you have to enter manually. I used the app and haven't used it online. The ArriveCAN app also has optional travel document scanning technology. This makes it easier and faster to enter your travel document information. The following documents can be scanned: passport FAST card NEXUS card enhanced driver's license This technology is only used to scan your travel document information. ArriveCAN doesn't keep an image of your travel document. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Ombud Posted April 20, 2022 #763 Share Posted April 20, 2022 6 minutes ago, Mike & Zen said: Agree, way easier than Med app. I've had a ticket in to fix an unusual problem, and many phone calls to escalate, too. Agreed. I finally get my blue medallion after 35 cruises.😷 @Mike & ZenI apparently made an error. On ArriveCAN I listed Ruby Princess & my stateroom as quarantine location. Then I listed Ruby Princess Victoria Cruise Port (my last port in Canada) as the street address. I now have the qr code, 6 dogit code, and QV. How big of an OOPS is this?? It looks like it took Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike & Zen Posted April 20, 2022 #764 Share Posted April 20, 2022 10 minutes ago, coo359a2 said: Did you have to upload a photo of your passport. All I saw was to put in the passport number Try this help link https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/diseases/coronavirus-disease-covid-19/arrivecan/help.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike & Zen Posted April 20, 2022 #765 Share Posted April 20, 2022 5 minutes ago, Ombud said: Agreed. I finally get my blue medallion after 35 cruises.😷 @Mike & ZenI apparently made an error. On ArriveCAN I listed Ruby Princess & my stateroom as quarantine location. Then I listed Ruby Princess Victoria Cruise Port (my last port in Canada) as the street address. I now have the qr code, 6 dogit code, and QV. How big of an OOPS is this?? It looks like it took If you go back to the beginning do you see a delete (garbage can) sign? If so, delete it and start again. Correct me if I am wrong, but isn't your first port of arrival in Canada Vancouver? Then you go to Victoria? If so, then you enter Vancouver as your first port of arrival in Canada, as it says in the app, and the date. And enter your ship and cabin number on the first line then the Canada Place address I had posted for Vancouver. You don't need to do anything for Victoria, as you are already in Canada. Just like flying in or driving in, once you have entered your FIRST port of arrival, your good to go where ever you want. Its nobodies business where you go after you enter Canada. It just so happens your going to Victoria in a cruise ship. 100 The Point, 999 Canada Place Vancouver, BC, V6C 3T4 Here is what ArriveCAN help says: If you haven't entered Canada yet If you've already submitted your information and have an ArriveCAN receipt, start over in ArriveCAN. ArriveCAN will clear your previous information. Let us know how is works out! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Ombud Posted April 20, 2022 #766 Share Posted April 20, 2022 Thank you!! Now its just a V, no longer QV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kamelia Posted April 20, 2022 #767 Share Posted April 20, 2022 49 minutes ago, Mike & Zen said: Agree, way easier than Med app. I've had a ticket in to fix an unusual problem, and many phone calls to escalate, too. The Med app linked two separate ships together: Crown and Discovery. The two cruises are one day apart! Tried deleting the app, and load the two cruises again. NO joy! Plenty of food onboard, so not to worry. With as much experienced information as I've gotten from you, please allow me the opportunity to share the benefit of mine with you re: linked cruises. I had a similar one-day gap in between two cruises on two different Princess ships last December that were linked by the app. I could not use some of the app features on the second cruise, and kept getting an error message, "cannot find emerald.princes.com" - probably because I was on Enchanted Princess by then. 🙄 I finally gave up, which was easier for me to do as I had no need for the features I was being blocked from. I have two back-to-back cruisetours later this summer that end and begin at the same Princess lodge, but again on two different Princess ships, and they are currently linked on the MedallionClass app. I have asked the onboard Ocean Navigators for help to understand why these two cruisetours are linked, and keep getting the definitive answer: "because that's the way the system is set up." When I try pointing out the pitfalls I've already encountered, I get a response along the lines of, "well, this is a new app, we're still working out some issues, so wait until after the next update." I'm reasonably sure I will be boarding the Royal Princess with an app that's trying to connect to the Grand Princess. Lovely app. (cue the sarcasm!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coo359a2 Posted April 20, 2022 #768 Share Posted April 20, 2022 56 minutes ago, Mike & Zen said: You must be using the online version and not the app? In the app, ArriveCAN can scan docs but if using online you have to enter manually. I used the app and haven't used it online. The ArriveCAN app also has optional travel document scanning technology. This makes it easier and faster to enter your travel document information. The following documents can be scanned: passport FAST card NEXUS card enhanced driver's license This technology is only used to scan your travel document information. ArriveCAN doesn't keep an image of your travel document. Yes I have used the online version and have two Travellers info saved. Can you also use the app and complete the same info in both online and app. There was no problem uploading the pictures of our vaccination cards when asked to do so on the online version. Just got concerned when reading posts about "scanning the passport" and there was no option for that using the on line version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike & Zen Posted April 21, 2022 #769 Share Posted April 21, 2022 1 hour ago, Ombud said: Thank you!! Now its just a V, no longer QV Excellent! Did you just write over the old info and resubmit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Ombud Posted April 21, 2022 #770 Share Posted April 21, 2022 I deleted and resubmitted. Why was QV wrong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike & Zen Posted April 21, 2022 #771 Share Posted April 21, 2022 1 hour ago, kamelia said: With as much experienced information as I've gotten from you, please allow me the opportunity to share the benefit of mine with you re: linked cruises. I had a similar one-day gap in between two cruises on two different Princess ships last December that were linked by the app. I could not use some of the app features on the second cruise, and kept getting an error message, "cannot find emerald.princes.com" - probably because I was on Enchanted Princess by then. 🙄 I finally gave up, which was easier for me to do as I had no need for the features I was being blocked from. I have two back-to-back cruisetours later this summer that end and begin at the same Princess lodge, but again on two different Princess ships, and they are currently linked on the MedallionClass app. I have asked the onboard Ocean Navigators for help to understand why these two cruisetours are linked, and keep getting the definitive answer: "because that's the way the system is set up." When I try pointing out the pitfalls I've already encountered, I get a response along the lines of, "well, this is a new app, we're still working out some issues, so wait until after the next update." I'm reasonably sure I will be boarding the Royal Princess with an app that's trying to connect to the Grand Princess. Lovely app. (cue the sarcasm!) Thank you for that information. Very much appreciated. After so many hours on the phone, after you informing me of your experience, I'm going to let this one go, let it ride, and veg out! And you have two great cruise tours! 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike & Zen Posted April 21, 2022 #772 Share Posted April 21, 2022 17 minutes ago, Ombud said: I deleted and resubmitted. Why was QV wrong? The Q meant you may have to discuss your quarantine plan with an official. But now that you have the correct info in the app, you are good to go. Don't forget to take a screen shot, tool From the ArriveCAN help website here are the meanings of the letters: You may see one or more letters beside your name on your receipt. This means that you may have to discuss one of the following with a Government official at the border: (Q) your quarantine plan (S) your symptom self-assessment (A), (V) or (I) your vaccination status (D) dependent adult (M) medical contraindication To qualify for the fully vaccinated traveller exemption, you must have an (A), (V) or (I) next to your name. Ensure you have evidence of your proof of vaccination when you travel. It must include the type of vaccine(s) and the date(s) of your vaccinations. Be prepared to show it on arrival. If there's no (A), (V) or (I) next to your name: you aren't fully vaccinated according to Canada's requirements or you didn't upload proof of vaccination If there's a (D) next to your name: you've indicated that you're unvaccinated and a dependent adult If there's a (M) next to your name: you've indicated that you're unvaccinated and have a valid medical contraindication to a COVID-19 vaccine Here's the link to ArriveCAN help. There are lots of little links in the text to click on for more info such as above. https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/diseases/coronavirus-disease-covid-19/arrivecan/help.html 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike & Zen Posted April 21, 2022 #773 Share Posted April 21, 2022 2 hours ago, coo359a2 said: Yes I have used the online version and have two Travellers info saved. Can you also use the app and complete the same info in both online and app. There was no problem uploading the pictures of our vaccination cards when asked to do so on the online version. Just got concerned when reading posts about "scanning the passport" and there was no option for that using the on line version. According to the ArriveCAN help website, you must use the same platform to start and finish a submission. I find the app very easy to use. Are you able to use the app as your preferred platform? When it comes time to enter your travel data, submit, and get your receipt you can take a screen shot, and if you have an iphone or ipad as well as the other two travellers, you can air drop the receipt to their idevices, so all travellers have a copy for a back up incase of device failure or even losing a device. I believe there are ways with android devices, using an app. Anyone know how to do this with android devices? Here is the ArriveCAN help website link: https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/diseases/coronavirus-disease-covid-19/arrivecan/help.html Here is the info in ArriveCAN help website. Using ArriveCAN You can use the ArriveCAN website or the ArriveCAN mobile app to submit your travel information. Once you create your account, you can use the same email and password for both the website and the app. However, you must use the same platform to start and finish a submission. For example, you can't start a submission on the app and finish it on the website. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike & Zen Posted April 21, 2022 #774 Share Posted April 21, 2022 4 hours ago, victoriaj said: Thank you so much for all your assistance. We have been many times to Alaska but never under these conditions with paperwork that I guess I'm getting too old to feel confident I'm reading things correctly, particularly when the logic escapes me. We were originally on the Saphirre then they switched us to Royal when Saphirre cancelled, really not a fan of the Royal and particularly not for Alaska so I moved our booking to the Grand which we have sailed on many times before. Just looking forward to being able to cruise again, even if we don't venture further than our balcony !!!! Thanks again and enjoy your upcoming cruises. We are also on the Grand in Aug B2B Vancouver. Thanks for your kind words. Yes, I enjoy the GRAND Class ships especially the promenade deck for having a good walk and a little bit of a "mental massage." Sapphire is one of our favourite ships. I see your from up island in Courtney. I used to go to the Comox area every summer as a Royal Canadian Sea Cadet at Her Majesty's Canadian Ship (HMCS) QUADRA. Great times! And you, too, enjoy your cruises! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highloyo Posted April 21, 2022 #775 Share Posted April 21, 2022 14 hours ago, Roberto256 said: Does that mean you must arrive in a vehical, or that you must have an appointment? The sign means you can’t walk up to the window but must be in a vehicle. Having looked for testing only at the CVS’ in my area, they all indicate that you need to make an appointment and the testing is administered in the drive-thru lane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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